Barack-Seat Drivers: Barack Obama does not need your two cents.

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.slate.com/id/2200229/

Barack-Seat Drivers
Barack Obama does not need your two cents.

By Christopher Beam
Posted Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, at 5:31 PM ET

If there's one piece of advice Barack Obama should heed, it's this: Don't listen to advice. As John McCain overtakes Obama in the polls, pundits and bloggers have turned into political versions of "Dear Abby." They advise him about his message (Mark Halperin says: Talk about the economy!), his style (Arianna Huffington wants to see more MLK references), and his themes (Ellen Malcolm of Emily's List says, "Talk about who really is able to change the direction of this country"). So many people have added their two cents, no wonder Obama's breaking fundraising records.

It would be logically impossible for Obama to follow all this advice. It would also be unwise. To understand the first point, let's review some of the advice he's received in the last few weeks:

[graywarrior]

1. Wait a god damn minute, dude!

Don't you know he has ADVISORS here at DU? Ask them....go ahead, I dare you.

:rofl:

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. I posted this because of the nonstop advice from DU. lol.

[graywarrior]

3. I know. I think it's hilarious because I posted a thread a few days ago

about how Obama needed DU advisors. *snort*

[elocs]

4. DU is rife with the "Obama needs to do this", "Obama needs to do that" all NOW!

If Obama would listen to even half of the advice he gets from "advisors" here he would be turned inside out. I think Obama needs to listen to his own advisors and to what he believes must be done. It seems as though he has done pretty well so far.

[Bubbha Jo]

7. I can't imagine many DUers really think Obama is reading

here for campaign strategy. It's simply conversation.

[Kdillard]

5. Amen. In any case I think Obama is doing fine on his own.

[bluestateguy]

6. "Who is this person who speaks to me as though I needed his advice?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a664vyjFzgk&feature=related